REVIEW: “A Christmas Carol” at Hartford Stage

by C. L. Blacke, Special to Berkshire on Stage Celebrating its 25th year at Hartford Stage, “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas” is one holiday stage production everyone should see. This retelling of the classic Charles Dickens novella, adapted and directed by Michael Wilson, brings the magic of Christmas and the…

TheaterWorks Hartford Presents Richard Thomas in “Mark Twain Tonight!”

TheaterWorks Hartford Presents: Emmy Award-Winner RICHARD THOMAS in Mark Twain Tonight! by Hal Holbrook PERFORMANCE ADDED SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 AT 7PM DUE TO DEMAND Limited Run! Performances begin August 12 – August 24, 2025 TheaterWorks Hartford will host the first production of the new national tour of Mark Twain Tonight! written and originally…

TheaterWorks Hartford Presents Richard Thomas in “Mark Twain Tonight!”

TheaterWorks Hartford will host the first production of the new national tour of Mark Twain Tonight! written and originally performed by Hal Holbrook featuring Emmy Award-winner Richard Thomas. The NETworks Presentations touring production will perform at TWH for a limited time August 12 – August 24, 2025. Hartford favorite Richard Thomas brings to life “the nation’s…

Single and Group Tickets Now on Sale for Hartford Stage’s 2019/2020 season

Hartford, CT – July 13, 2019 – Single and group tickets for Hartford Stage’s 2019/2020 season are now on sale. The Tony Award-winning regional theatre’s upcoming season will captivate audiences with classic and contemporary stories of redemption, reconnection, rediscovery, resilience, reinvention and resplendence. Hartford Stage’s 2019/2020 season features Melia Bensussen’s directorial…

Hartford Stage Announces Last Two Plays of their 56th season

HARTFORD, CT — April 9, 2019 — Hartford Stage announced today the last two plays of the Tony Award-winning regional theatre’s 56th season. Incoming Hartford Stage Artistic Director Melia Bensussen will stage the Eugene O’Neill coming-of-age comedy Ah, Wilderness! It will be Bensussen’s first production as Artistic Director at Hartford Stage. Former Hartford Stage Artistic…

Hartford Stage Announces Three Plays for the 2019/2020 Season

Season includes works from Octavio Solis, Molly Smith Metzler and Elizabeth Williamson HARTFORD, CT — March 14, 2019 — Hartford Stage announced today three plays for the upcoming 2019/2020 season, including Quixote Nuevo by Octavio Solis, Cry it Out by Molly Smith Metzler and Jane Eyre, adapted and directed by Hartford Stage Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Williamson. Three additional mainstage productions…

Hartford Stage Announces 2018-19 Season

Season features the World Premieres of Make Believe by Bess Wohl and The Engagement Party by Samuel Baum and productions of Shakespeare’s Henry V and Detroit ’67 by Dominique Morisseau The World Premiere of The Flamingo Kid, a new musical by Robert L. Freedman and Scott Frankel, directed by Darko Tresnjak, closes the season HARTFORD, CT — March 23, 2018 — Hartford…